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German Foreign Ministry renews warning on traveling to Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 15:47:58 GMT - Germany - World - SN:73 - ID:8261233
BERLIN, Jan 8 (MENA) - German Foreign Ministry, urged its citizens to stop traveling to Iraq because of security concerns amid tensions currently there. In a statement released on Wednesday, the ministry asked German citizens to stay away from ....
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NATO condemns Iranian attacks in Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 15:40:30 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:71 - ID:8261237
BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (MENA) - Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg condemned the Iranian missile attacks on the US troops and coalition forces in Iraq. "I condemn the Iranian missile attacks on US & coalition forces in Iraq," Stoltenberg wrote ....
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Iran refuses to hand over crashed Ukrainian Boeing 737's black box
Date: 2020-01-08 15:22:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:67 - ID:8261317
TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iranian authorities are refusing to hand over a flight recorder recovered from Wednesday's plane crash in Iran to Boeing, the plane's manufacturer, according to Business Insider. Crash investigators had found one of the two ....
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Sworn in as prime minister, Spain’s Sánchez readies Cabinet
Date: 2020-01-08 11:45:53 GMT - Spain - World - SN:41 - ID:8260870
MADRID, Jan 8 (MENA) - Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez took the oath as Spanish prime minister Wednesday, a day after his proposal to form a leftist coalition government narrowly won a parliamentary confidence vote with support from smaller parties, ....
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Zelensky urgently returning to Kiev from Oman
Date: 2020-01-08 10:22:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:33 - ID:8260580
KIEV, Jan 8 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has cut his visit to Oman short and is urgently returning to Ukraine in light of deadly crash of a Ukrainian plane in Iran early Wednesday, Kyiv Post reported. “Ukrainian President ....
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Oil prices jump as Iran launches missile strike against US forces in Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 09:17:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:8260347
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Oil prices jumped and US stock futures sold off before paring some losses, as Iran launched a missile strike against American forces in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani, Financial ....
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Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister met with Trump
Date: 2020-01-07 22:23:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:8259908
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman said he had a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, CNN reported on Tuesday. On his Twitter account, Prince Khalid wrote that upon ....
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Pompeo: Iran will not get nuclear weapon
Date: 2020-01-07 18:43:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:8259873
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the priority of President Donald Trump and his administration is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Pompeo said: "President ....
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UN: 54 killed, 60 injured in inter-communal tensions in Darfur
Date: 2020-01-07 13:59:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:31 - ID:8259481
GENEVA, Jan 7 (MENA) - At least 54 people have been killed and 60 others injured due to the increased inter-communal tensions that started on December 28, 2019 in and around El Geneina town, state capital of West Darfur, Spokesman for Office for the ....
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No decision yet on sending S. Korean troops to Hormuz Strait-Seoul
Date: 2020-01-07 11:17:17 GMT - south korea - World - SN:24 - ID:8259279
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - South Korea has made no decision yet on whether to send its troops to help safeguard the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, amid rising tensions in the Middle East from the US killing ....
